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Honeywell International (
HON) pushed the Aerospace/Defense industry higher today making it today's featured aerospace/defense winner. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Honeywell International rose 50 cents (0.9%) to $56.09 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2.6 million shares of Honeywell International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of four million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $55.30-$56.38 after having opened the day at $55.40 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $55.59. Other companies within the Aerospace/Defense industry that increased today were:
TAT Technologies (
TATT), up 5.5%,
CAE (
CAE), up 1.9%, and
Astrotech Corporation (
ASTC), up 1.9%.

Honeywell International Inc. operates as a diversified technology and manufacturing company worldwide. Honeywell International has a market cap of $43.31 billion and is part of the
industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 22, above the average aerospace/defense industry P/E ratio of 20 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 2.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Honeywell International a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Honeywell International as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.